Mary Fiala

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Better Late Than Never: Chicago Man Starts Dry January on the 28th

LOGAN SQUARE – To jumpstart the new year on a more health-conscious note, many Chicagoans have opted to dry-out this month.

St. Anthony Hospital Already Reporting Longer ER Wait Times, "Ghost Doctors" Since Dorval Carter Appointed CEO

DOUGLASS PARK – After announcing he was stepping down from his position within the CTA, former agency president Dorval Carter has stepped into a new role as CEO of Saint Anthony Hospital.

We Ran The Numbers, and Your Halloween Costume Already Misses The Mark Big Time

CHICAGO – We’re one month out before the most decked-out, alcohol fueled, party rampage season of the year, and that’s saying a lot for Chicago standards.

Lincoln Park Zoo Hippos Strike, Demand as Much Coverage as Moo Deng

LINCOLN PARK – Annie and Pogo, Lincoln Park Zoo’s beloved pygmy hippos, are making headlines this week as they have vowed to cease all public appearances until they get as much media presence and a

Foxtrot Coming Back, and This Time They Swear They’ve Changed

OLD TOWN – Following a fall from grace of epic proportions, Foxtrot has untucked its foxy tail from between its legs and begun reopenings of stores throughout the Chicago area.

OPINION: A Cicada Weighs In — “I’m Really Going to Miss Our Time Together”

WHEN SWEET SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE I’M GOING TO BE SO SAD TO BID FAREWELL TO YOU. THIS SEASON HAS BEEN ONE FOR THE BOOKS, TRULY.

City Expands St. Paddy’s Dye To All of Lake Michigan

“What they could never see coming is dyeing one quadrillion gallons of water a bright, resplendent green. That’s right, one quadrillion. That’s a real number, you can check.” 

Woman Misplaces Boyfriend, Accidentally Brings Home Another Man With a Mustache and Chicago Flag Tattoo

“Look, in my defense,” Birchnell, who is being charged with Circumstantial Kidnapping and Stereotyping, “my boyfriend looks exactly like most of the men in Chicago.”